Curriculum Vitae (résumé)

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I’m mostly a C++ GNU/Linux programmer with a mathematical bent. Below is a rough sketch of what kind of work I’ve done. If you want more details, contact me.

Work Experience

January 2011 – Present — Neuroimaging software development.: Develop Perl, Python, and Octave software for medical data acquisition and image processing.
March 2011 – July 2011 — Perl programmer analyst: Perl programming, needs of web administration platform and implement them in Perl.
October 2010 – February 2011 — Java programmer analyst: Java programming, natural language processing, machine learning
May, 2010 – September 2010 — Cryptography and security Linux, C and C++ Integration Engineer: Integrate cryptographic products written in C and C++ for RedHat and SUSE Linux platforms. Improve elliptic curve cryptography implementation.
September, 2009 – March, 2010 — Internet filtering C++ Software Developer: Developed multithreaded C++ process monitor in a Linux and general Unix environment. Improved SNMP integration. Rewrote company MIB.
March, 2009 – September 2009 — Human Resources PHP and Database Admin: Management of in-house database for hosting our customer data.
2008, second half — Internet service provider C++ programmer: C++ coding and BSD administration. Efficient string algorithms, embedded system development (MIPS with OpenWrt).

Nonprofit Work

Since 2008
GNU Octave
Developer and project contributor

Have been involved with the GNU Octave community for some time, overseeing the health of the QtOctave package and submitted patches for bugfixes. Have recently become a more direct contributor by submitting improvements and bugfixes to the core Octave code itself.

December 2008 – January 2010
Everything2.com
LAMP Developer: Work with Perl, Apache, MySQL, Ubuntu, Fedora, and mercurial maintaining the everything2.com website.
Since 2007
Debian GNU/Linux
Debian packager: Debian packaging tools and scripting, coordinating work via email and IRC with other Debian developers.

Code samples

C++ thesis work

Debian packaging

GNU Octave patches

Education

2005 – 2010: MSc specialising in applied mathematics, CIMAT
2000 – 2004: Bachelor of Arts, First Class Honours Concentration in Mathematics, McGill University, Montréal.

Languages

English — Native
Spanish — Native
French — Conversational
Russian — Basic Conversational

Technical skills

Operating Systems: GNU/Linux, OpenBSD, FreeBSD, Unix, POSIX
Programming: C++ (with Boost), C, Java, pthreads
Scripting: Perl, Python, PHP, bash
Databases: MySQL, PostgreSQL
Scientific: MATLAB/Octave, Maxima
Typography: $\LaTeX$
Tools: GNU autotools, CMake, Emacs, git, subversion, mercurial
Graphics: VTK

Additional skills

Mathematical: Numerical methods and analysis, general mathematical ability at all levels, mathematical coding.
Linguistic: Impeccable English-Spanish translation. Excellent grasp of the nuances and cultural associations of each language. Written and oral communication.